University Daily Kansan, June 14, 1982
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By CAROL MILLS
Staff Reporter
Students in Lawrence, whether looking for a permanent job or simply for summer employment, are finding work as a co-ordinator of student employment said Friday.
"Basically, the same number of jobs exist this summer as last summer," said Pam Houston at the KU Financial Aid office. "But students are realizing that jobs are hard to come by, so they are holding on to the jobs they've had."
"Normally, we have 1,200 to 1,300 people in construction jobs," he said. "Now we have only about 700."
THOUGH THE JOB CRUNCH in Lawrence may be a reflection of the national unemployment problem, Ed Mills, manager of the Lawrence Job Service Center sees the local squeeze as typical of Lawrence.
Manufacturing layoffs have affected the local job market. In April, manufacturers in the area employed nearly 4,700 people. In April of 1882 only 4,500 were employed by local industry.
SEASONAL AND INDUSTRIAL job markets are affecting the potential openings for students, too. High interest rates have caused a decrease in construction, and fewer people can afford to buy new homes or borrow money to have repair work done on their old homes, Mills said.
"Things aren't much different than they were a year ago," Mills said. "When enrollment goes down, as it always does in the summer, there is less retail and wholesale trade. Consequently, the employers just aren't hiring as many people as they do during the regular school year."
"Apparently the kids aren't finding jobs at home, so they're staying in Lawrence and going to school, hoping to find some work," he said. "That adds competition to an already tight market."
Mills said he thought national companies were affecting the local job market.
"These people who have been laid off, or are out of work, need jobs, too." Mills said. "So the students are having to fight even harder for jobs."
"I see definite results of the national economy in the layoffs that have been occurring in Lawrence," Mills said. "This has caused employers not to take on students in the summer as they have in the past."
What is left for students, Houston
tourist, recreational or
temporary jobs?
HE SAID THAT when the local unemployment rate was more than 3 percent in the spring, he could almost guarantee that students would have trouble trying to find summer jobs.
"We have some farm-related jobs that are bout 10 to 20 hours a week," Mills said. "But the work is being delayed because of the wet fields."
Mills said his office received about 20
nurses and his staff, and a third of the
applicants are students.
temporary job
Houston said students should realize that they must take clerical, custodial or housekeeping positions, and they
Mills said he foresaw little change in local employment over the next 90
"I had a housekeeping job posted on our job board," Houston said. "So many students had called the worm who did this, she asked that the ad be taken down."
must be diligent in the process of job hunting.
SPOT JOBS ARE all Mills is predicting for students for 'the rest of the summer, too. Even the number of teachers who have been reduced because of wet weather.
"Both the East and West Coasts are the first to be hit by major economic changes," Mills said. "The Midwest is likely to be affected and the last to recover."
"She felt so bad that it was such a poor job and so many students were applying for it."
SOME STUDENTS aren't having trouble finding jobs.
"It depends on how serious they are about finding work," Houston said. "If they have a good attitude and are persistent in the search, they will find something, though it may not be what they want."
WITH THE REDUCTION of construction work, local layoffs in industry poor summer for farming, students from school, from adults without full-time jobs.
"We are just now feeling the effects of the employment problems that have affected the metropolitan areas over the last two years. If the nation does recover, it will still be a white before we see the change locally."
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